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unrecompensed

unrecompensed adjective: not recompensed; unrewarded.

Adjective

unrecompensed (not comparable)

  1. Not recompensed; unrewarded.
    • Her days were taken up with the life-giving, hard, unrecompensed work of women of all ages to feed, clothe and nurture her household.2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21

Origin of unrecompensed

From Middle English unrecompensid; equivalent to un- + recompensed.

Questions about unrecompensed

What does unrecompensed mean?
Unrecompensed means not recompensed; unrewarded.
What part of speech is unrecompensed?
Unrecompensed is an adjective.

Words near unrecompensed in the dictionary

  1. unrecommendable
  2. unrecommended
  3. unrecommending
  4. unrecommends
  5. unrecompensable
  6. unrecompensed
  7. unreconcilable
  8. unreconcilableness
  9. unreconcilables
  10. unreconcilably
  11. unreconcile

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